(MENAFN - AFP) Austrian oil and gas firm OMV said Wednesday it has given up its licences to explore for oil and gas in Croatia's Adriatic, where border disputes risked complicating pursuit of the project.

"A consortium formed of (Houston-based) Marathon Oil and OMV decided to return its licences since general economic conditions for a long-term investment have not been met," ...

(MENAFN - AFP) Thousands of migrants are trying to cross the Channel from France in search of a better life in Britain -- but what makes them risk their lives travelling from one wealthy European country to another

The answer is partly down to the allure of living in a country where many of them speak the language, English, and where they might have family or cultural connections, ...

(MENAFN - AFP) Designer Alexander Wang will be leaving the Balenciaga house nearly three years after he became one of the rare Americans to run an old-school French couture house, according to fashion magazine WWD.

Women's Wear Daily, a leading fashion publication, reported that Balenciaga and its holding company Kering had decided not to renew Wang's contract and his last ...